The 96th Academy Awards concluded with Oppenheimer, a blockbuster atomic bomb drama, winning seven out of thirteen nominations, including the prestigious Best Picture prize. Cillian Murphy, who portrayed physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, received the Best Actor award. Emma Stone won the Best Actress award for her role in Poor Things. The film Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, led the nominations with 13 nods and marked its success with multiple major awards. The Oscars ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event also saw protests by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, expressing anger over the Israel-Gaza conflict.
